Just catching up on these as they were Xmas presents. Both probably would have been in the 2011 list had I heard them in time.
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 Kourosh Yaghmaei
 Back From The Brink
 
 
 
Fabulous Middle Eastern psych folk/funk/rock.This is from Iran in the pre-revolution 70s era.  If you loved the Pomegranates and Googoosh compilations on Finders Keepers or have an interest in Turkish Psych/Anadolu pop you are gonna dig this. Beautiful book/2 cd package on Now Again. Thanks to the  Mrs for this bewdy. 
 
 
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Ekoplekz 
Intrusive Incidentalz 
 
I've got Volume 1, the Pontone tape and the epic Memowrekz but this could be their best yet.  BBC/Cabs influenced sinister electro sonic smears from deep within a crumbling empire. 
 
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